Global learning for sustainable development in higher education: recent trends and a critique

Anderberg, Elsie; Nordén, Birgitta; Hansson, Bengt‐Göran

doi:10.1108/14676370910990710

Cited by 74 publications

(67 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Since changing conditions impact on any efforts towards sustainability, democratic skills can be considered as a form of action competence for sustainable development. This includes actions on both an individual and an institutional level, as well as shared responsibilities: promoting concrete global action, and promoting sustainability learning in a global context (Anderberg et al, 2009).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This type of learning involves a dimension of training for democracy. A similar view on Global Learning for Sustainable Development (GLSD) is proposed by Anderberg et al (2009), who focus on the potential of shaping part-to-whole relationships between process and content in the communities of learners, collaborating in a web-based global classroom. Using global classrooms to discuss and reflect on complex problems additionally has the potential to support the development of intercultural and transdisciplinary capabilities.…”

Section: The Competence To Act In a Changing Worldmentioning

confidence: 98%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Nordén

Avery

Anderberg

2012

Research in Comparative and International Education

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Global teaching and learning for sustainable development reaches from the classroom to the world outside, and is therefore a particularly interesting setting for practising transition skills. The article suggests a number of features perceived as crucial in developing young people's capability to act in a changing world and under circumstances that are difficult to predict. The suggestions are based on an empirical study of the Lund Calling project, which aimed at implementing a web-based international programme for teaching preventive environmental strategies in Swedish secondary schools. The article first presents some of the conditions in Sweden that particularly impact on young people's transition to adulthood. Related research in sustainability education is also briefly outlined. Knowledge capability theory is used to discuss results from the empirical study of the Lund Calling project, where interviews were conducted with secondary school students, teachers and headmasters. Based on these interviews, features that appear to be particularly relevant as transition skills in global learning for sustainable development include transdisciplinary action, democratic collaborative action, as well as self-directed and independent initiative. The article concludes that young people today cannot, as in earlier periods of history, base their actions entirely on the traditions of the family or community. Instead, they also need to learn to form their own communities, capable of acting at both local and global levels. Education here plays an important role in developing the necessary transition skills that enable young people to be prepared for a rapidly changing and uncertain world.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Competence To Act In a Changing Worldmentioning

confidence: 98%

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Nordén

Avery

Anderberg

2012

Research in Comparative and International Education

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…4 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) shifts the focus from the traditional educational emphasis on teaching and inputs to achieving competencies. 5 Competencies consist of discrete learning abilities, "simply put, competence can be defined as what the students will be more capable of doing after completing the learning activity. Competences are written as verbs, as the ability to do something" (p. 392).…”

Section: Learning Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competency-Based Sustainability Specialization at Michigan State University

Habron

2012

Sustainability: The Journal of Record

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In 2010 Michigan State University launched an undergraduate academic specialization (minor) in sustainability. Two distinct components mark this unique program: 1.) competency-based curriculum, and 2.) portfolio evidence and assessment. The program requires that students achieve wholeness and balance in terms of synthetic and integrative learning among the following eight competency areas, each denoted by a classification scheme: personal development, critical thinking, civic engagement, systems thinking, social equity, economic vitality, ecological integrity, and aesthetic understanding. Students must complete an introductory course, 11 elective credits, a practicum, and a portfolio capstone. The program illustrates how to embed accountability through the fostering and tracking of student learning outcomes (the learning paradigm) instead of using other metrics such as student enrollment, credit hours, and mere participation (instructional paradigm). Accordingly, the program represents calls for higher education institutions to embrace the learning paradigm approach.

show abstract

“…Consequently the need to introduce sustainability in the university engineering curriculum is becoming more and more frequent nowadays [24,25,26,27,28,29,30]. For instance The Australian Manufacturing Skills Council [24] imported the Guideline Competency Standards for Sustainability in 2006 and they are designed to guide teaching and learning of respected competences in the field of sustainable manufacturing in formal vocational training and education settings as well as on the job.…”

Section: B Competence-based Engineering Education For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

In a search for competent engineers… Competence framework in the field of sustainable manufacturing

Cerinšek

Dolinšek

2011

2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In response to a growing need to provide engineers with knowledge and competences in the field of sustainable manufacturing, this paper will present the preliminary results of the ongoing research within the European FP7 Integrated Project TARGET on competence identification and development. The main objective of this paper is to present the developed competence framework in the field of sustainable manufacturing. The proposed framework can assist engineering education institutions to accommodate their curriculum and education programs so that graduating engineers will be able to function effectively in complex environments meeting future sustainability requirements and objectives in manufacturing. It can furthermore serve as a starting point for defining relevant building blocks for designing technology enhanced learning environments for rapid competence development.

show abstract

Global learning for sustainable development in higher education: recent trends and a critique

Abstract: Access to the published version may require subscription. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published paper.

Cited by 74 publications

References 14 publications

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Competency-Based Sustainability Specialization at Michigan State University

In a search for competent engineers… Competence framework in the field of sustainable manufacturing

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About

Global learning for sustainable development in higher education: recent trends and a critique

Abstract: Access to the published version may require subscription. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published paper.

Cited by 74 publications

References 14 publications

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Learning in Global Settings: Developing Transitions for Meaning-Making

Competency-Based Sustainability Specialization at Michigan State University

In a search for competent engineers&#x2026; Competence framework in the field of sustainable manufacturing

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About

In a search for competent engineers… Competence framework in the field of sustainable manufacturing